1887 - 1953
James Henderson Finlayson (27 August 1887 – 9 October 1953) was a Scottish-American actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is known for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the best remembered comic foil of Laurel and Hardy. Finlayson was known by a variety of nicknames. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Finlayson has received more than 7,287 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). James Finlayson is the 1,500th most popular actor (down from 1,459th in 2019), the 1,641st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 212th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, James Finlayson ranks 1,500 out of 10,030. Before her are Ti Lung, Ulrich Mühe, Véra Clouzot, Louis Jouvet, Charles Grodin, and Mark Dacascos. After her are Jane Lynch, Lindsay Wagner, Katie Holmes, Matthew Fox, Timothy Spall, and Scatman Crothers.
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,494
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,495
1913 - 1960
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 1,496
1887 - 1951
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 1,497
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 1,498
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 1,499
1887 - 1953
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,500
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,501
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,502
1978 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,503
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 1,504
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 1,505
1910 - 1986
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 1,506
Among people born in 1887, James Finlayson ranks 90. Before her are Wilhelm Kube, Walter Ruttmann, Roscoe Arbuckle, Lil Dagover, Kurt Atterberg, and Louis Jouvet. After her are Jim Thorpe, Arthur Percival, Kazimierz Fajans, Octave Lapize, Hitoshi Ashida, and Frigyes Karinthy. Among people deceased in 1953, James Finlayson ranks 60. Before her are Elsa Beskow, Julian Tuwim, Chōjun Miyagi, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Albert Gleizes, and Helene Mayer. After her are Jim Thorpe, Jorge Negrete, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Nikolay Zelinsky, Iuliu Maniu, and Stanisław Wojciechowski.
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 84
1887 - 1941
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 85
1887 - 1933
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 86
1887 - 1980
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 87
1887 - 1974
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 88
1887 - 1951
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 89
1887 - 1953
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 90
1887 - 1953
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 91
1887 - 1966
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 92
1887 - 1975
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 93
1887 - 1917
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 94
1887 - 1959
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 95
1887 - 1938
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 96
1874 - 1953
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 54
1894 - 1953
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 55
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 56
1862 - 1953
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 57
1881 - 1953
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 58
1910 - 1953
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 59
1887 - 1953
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 60
1887 - 1953
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 61
1910 - 1953
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 62
1902 - 1953
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 63
1861 - 1953
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 64
1873 - 1953
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 65
1869 - 1953
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 66
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Finlayson ranks 1,641 out of 6,924. Before her are Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), William Parry (1790), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Walter Crane (1845), Irvine Welsh (1957), and Limahl (1958). After her are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), Timothy Spall (1957), John Bull (1562), Robert Smith (1959), and Andy Gibb (1958).
1867 - 1901
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 1,635
1790 - 1855
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 1,636
1838 - 1900
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 1,637
1845 - 1915
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 1,638
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 1,639
1958 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 1,640
1887 - 1953
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,641
1812 - 1860
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,642
1867 - 1931
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 1,643
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 1,644
1562 - 1628
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 1,645
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 1,646
1958 - 1988
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 1,647
Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Finlayson ranks 212. Before her are Eileen Atkins (1934), Tom Courtenay (1937), Rupert Grint (1988), Wendy Hiller (1912), Eileen Essell (1922), and Eunice Gayson (1928). After her are Timothy Spall (1957), Julia Ormond (1965), Samantha Fox (1966), James Faulkner (1948), Joseph Fiennes (1970), and James Cosmo (1947).
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 206
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 207
1988 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 208
1912 - 2003
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 209
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 210
1928 - 2018
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 211
1887 - 1953
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 212
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 213
1965 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 214
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 215
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 216
1970 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 217
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 218